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Table of Contents
October 4, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 41
Headlines:
- Dear Christine. Just because you’re a female Dem doesn’t mean I’m voting for you. Signed…Page 2
- Downbeat. A local Black DJ – known on the music scene as DV One – claims police officers assaulted him. Page 3
- 4 Score. Who’s going to clean up the PCBs along Slip 4 on the Duwamish? The city and the county, that’s who. Page 4
- Memory Lane. The death of a cyclist in West Seattle prompts Critical Mass bikers to ride for a friend. Page 5
Table of Contents:
Schooling the Primary. Pierce County measure takes aim at two-party politics. By J. Jacob Edel, Pages 1, 12. [RE: Pierce County Charter Review Commission, Kelly Houghton]
Imperfect Health. State’s schools suffer nurse shortage. By Julie Chinitz, Pages 1, 10
Editorial: Earn My Vote. An open letter to Governor Christine Gregoire. By Jean Colman, Page 2
- Picture: Christine Gregoire
- Photo courtesy of governor.wa.gov
Change Agent: Jim Theofelis by Rachel Rubinstein, Page 3
- Picture: Jim Theofelis of the Mockingbird Society: letting the voice of youth be heard.
- Photo by Katia Roberts
Standard Deviation. Reputedly gentle DJ’s beating turns light on police. By Cydney Gillis, Page 3. [RE: Seattle Police Officer Daina Boggs, Dan Donohoe]
| Quote by Lisa Daugaard, Public defender
- Picture: Toby Christian was beaten by Seattle police.
- Photo by Justin Mills
Just Heard…, Page 3
- Millionaire Club by Rosette Royale [RE: No on 920 campaign received donation from SEIU, Sandeep Kaushik, Bill Gates, Sr.]
- Toilets: into the breach by Adam Hyla [RE: Self-cleaning toilets under fire by Downtown Seattle Association]
- At it again by Cydney Gillis [RE: Coalition for Parks as Public Spaces plans rally]
Save our Slip. PCB-contaminated South Seattle inlet slated for cleanup. By Rosette Royale, Page 4
[RE: Karen Keeley, EPA Superfund manager speaking of Slip 4, Lower Duwamish Waterway, that has PCB’s]
Short Takes, Page 4
- The Color of WASL by Kevin Himeda [RE: ACLU wants investigation into lower-than-average WASL scores of students of color]
- State Tightens VISTAs’ Belt by Billy Joyce [RE: Volunteers in Service to America getting too much, according to the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services. If you get $949 a month for working full-time as a VISTA volunteer, you cannot get $155 in food stamps as well.]
- Stand Up for the Uninsured
- Picture: Public Health – Seattle & King County worker Marvin Murray speaks for health care at a Sept. 30, 2006 rally in support of two north Seattle clinics which serve uninsured and low-income patients. Shortly before the rally, County Executive Ron Sims announced that he had found funding to keep the clinics, which had been slated to close in 2007, open for another six months.
- Photo by Ken Dean
Ride the Wake. Cyclist’s death prompts car-free funeral cortege. By Chris Miller, Page 5 {RE: Susanne Scaringi, killed 9/27/06, Critical Mass, Jill Hardy, Allison Lotspeich, Matt McClung, Joel Moreland]
| Quote by Greg Smith, cyclist struck by a car
Interview: Soldiers’ Stories. Journalist Peter Laufer finds the end of Bush’s Iraq campaign in the tales of those who refused to fight. Interview by Cydney Gillis, Pages 6, 7
- Picture: Peter Laufer tells the stories of vets who wouldn’t serve in his new book Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq. “One of the things that’s fascinating about those who have consciously rejected the mission is that they’re getting a phenomenal political education,” he tells Real Change (Photo on Page 1)
- Picture: In “Mission Rejected,” Peter Laufer lets soldier explain why they think the war in Iraq is just plain wrong.
- Photos by Sherry Loeser
Poetry, Pages 7, 8
- First Response by Catherine Hunt, Page 7
- In the Beginning by David Trotter, Page 8
Texas Injustice. Book: Tulia: Race, Cocaine and Corruption in a Small Texas Town by Nate Blakeslee. Review by Rosette Royale, Page 8
Adventures in Irony: Bush Beats the Devil by © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Ask A Lawyer. Real-Life answers to your legal hassles, Page 9
Thanks to Access to Justice Institute, Seattle University, School of Law, and Foster Pepper, PLLC
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letter to the Editor, Page 10
- Right plant, right place by John Hushagen, owner, Seattle Tree Preservation, Inc.
Classified Ads, Page 10
Calendar. Compiled by Dena Burke, Page 11
Director's Corner by Timothy Harris, Page 11
First things First. Get Involved. Take Action, Page 11
City Budget: Advocacy Counts
- Issue: The Mayor’s Seattle budget for 2007-2008 proposes cutting the $280,000 the city invests in advocacy, organizing, and systems support. This includes coordination of meals programs and food banks, assistance for low-income parents to get state and federal benefits for their children, as well as advocacy to secure resources from the county, state and federal level that help Seattle residents meet their basis nee. This is a smart and cost-effective use of city resources, and when the City Council passes a final version of the budget, they should restore this cut.
Mockingbird Times, October 2006, Vol. VI, Issue 10
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.
